Shigeru
Shigeru is a masculine Japanese given name .
Name bearer
- Shigeru Aburaya (* 1977), Japanese long-distance runner
- Aoki Shigeru (1882–1911), Japanese painter
- Shigeru Ban (* 1957), Japanese architect
- Egami Shigeru (1912–1981), founder of the Shōtōkai
- Honjō Shigeru (1876–1945), General of the Imperial Japanese Army
- Shigeru Inoda (1955-2008), Japanese ophthalmologist and amateur astronomer
- Shigeru Ishiba (* 1957), Japanese politician
- Shigeru Kan-no (* 1959), Japanese conductor and composer
- Shigeru Kasahara (born 1933), Japanese wrestler
- Kayano Shigeru (1926–2006), first representative of the Ainu in the Japanese House of Lords
- Shigeru Minomura (1923–2000), Japanese chemist and physicist
- Shigeru Miyamoto (* 1952), one of the directors and main managers of the Japanese video game company Nintendo
- Shigeru Mizuki (1922-2015), Japanese manga artist
- Shigeru Oda (* 1924), Japanese lawyer
- Okada Shigeru (1924–2011), Japanese film producer
- Ōyama Shigeru (1936–2016), Japanese budo expert
- Shigeru Sō (* 1953), Japanese marathon runner
- Tonomura Shigeru (1902–1961), Japanese writer
- Shigeru Umebayashi (* 1951), Japanese film composer
- Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967), Japanese Prime Minister
Name bearer
- Shigeru Muroi (born 1958 or 1960), Japanese actress